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Dear Mr. Trump, I’m a 41-year-old mom with six children. I’m like all moms who want their children to be safe from crime and live healthy lives; but unlike other moms, I was lead poisoned at the age of four. I didn’t know this when I had my six children, but now they all…

President Donald Trump recently nominated Dr. Ben Carson for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) position. While Dr. Carson says that the country needs more resources to fight lead poisoning, his recommendation to add more neighborhood medical clinics is not the answer. CLEARCorps USA hopes that Dr. Carson’s focus will be more on…

On April 25, 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan, switched its water supply from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River. This switch was the beginning of Flint’s water crisis and it’s still a crisis so many months later. City residents are still unable to drink tap water without a filter due…

Lead poisoning and asthma are common pediatric health problems and are both linked to the environment and substandard housing conditions. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), housing conditions can significantly affect public health. Childhood lead poisoning, injuries, respiratory diseases such as asthma, and quality of life issues have been linked to…

There’s a huge hole in the kitchen ceiling of the rowhouse Olivia Griffin rents in West Baltimore. Rain leaks in through the roof, the lights in the bedroom don’t work, and standing water fills one end of the basement. The 27-year-old mother’s biggest worry, though, is the flaking, peeling paint inside and out – and…

A Reuters examination of lead testing results across the country found almost 3,000 areas with poisoning rates far higher than in tainted Flint, Michigan. Yet many of these lead hotspots are receiving little attention or funding. There are hundreds of thousands of people – including legislators – who wrongly believe lead poisoning is no longer…